these folks, the Proud Boys, have terrorized activists in my town for years at this point, have incited brawls and street battles. they bus in bruisers to pick fights, bear mace antifascists, and the cops protect them. they’ve done this in many cities around the US.

@garbados luckily, the fediverse is pretty quick about these things. All of their entry-points don't federate with the wider network, and if they were to spin up a new server, that would last for only a week tops, before being blanket-defederated